Firmware Contracts in Cambridge

Firmware
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 21 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 -7 +22
Contract jobs citing Firmware 3 6 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 1.67% 3.66% 8.79%
As % of the System Software category 16.67% 46.15% 61.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 14
10th Percentile £364 - -
25th Percentile £422 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - £469
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £566 - £494
90th Percentile £571 - £537
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £538 - £469
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All System Software Skills
Cambridge

Firmware falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 18 13 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 10.00% 7.93% 14.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 22
10th Percentile £480 - £228
25th Percentile £525 £225 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £238 £469
Median % change year-on-year +131.58% -49.33% -7.18%
75th Percentile £575 £275 £533
90th Percentile £778 - £563
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £550 £238 £450
% change year-on-year +131.58% -47.22% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £51.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate - £57.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - +259.38% -2.85%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.14 £14.16 £14.50
% change year-on-year +6.92% -2.34% +6.15%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Cambridge

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for Firmware in Cambridge

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Cambridge over the 6 months to 10 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in Cambridge

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 802.11
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Multicast
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless Security
1 1 (33.33%) WLAN
1 1 (33.33%) WPA2
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Memory Management
2 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) KVM
2 1 (33.33%) QEMU
2 1 (33.33%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) AirMagnet
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Ekahau